Hospital used multifaceted plan can stop C. diff

Stillwater (Oklahoma) Medical Center has not seen a hospital-acquired case of C. diff since October 2017


A multifaceted plan has helped the Stillwater (Oklahoma) Medical Center bring its C. diff rate to zero, according to an article on the Health Leaders Media website.

The 177-bed hospital has not seen a hospital-acquired case of C. diff since October 2017.

The three ways Stillwater reached its goal were:

• Education

• Hand hygiene and cleanliness

• Robots

While the first two parts of the plan worked to cut infection rates,  it was the addition of pulsed xenon ultra-violet robots that drove C. diff rates down to zero, according to the hospital

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March 16, 2018


Topic Area: Infection Control

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